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Chapter 11 - A NEW DAWN

One year later.

The December rain was replaced by thick, beautiful snow. The estate was alive with music. A massive Christmas tree stood in the corner of the room.

Vincent stood by the window, watching his wife, Clara, help their daughter, Ellie, place a gold star at the top of the tree. There were three gold coins framed on the mantelpiece above the roaring fire.

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He had lost a daughter, and it had destroyed him. But out of the ashes of that destruction, a little girl with a faded yellow bow had walked in and rebuilt his soul. The Moretti family was no longer just an empire of power. It was, finally, a home.

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